The golden ring snake is a well-known edible snake species. According to records, in the ten years from 1997 to 2007, the number of golden ring snakes plummeted by half, a large part of which was caused by people's hunting, eating and selling. It can be said that they are endangered snakes that were once eaten by humans.

So is the golden ring snake so easy to bully? It is a highly venomous snake (although not as poisonous as the latter) like its close relative Silver Snake, but why do they have such encounters with no one who dares to provoke them? The story has to start from the life of the golden ring snake.

I. Morphological characteristics

It has a body length of one meter to one meter five, with black and gold rings on its body. On the whole, it looks like a black base and is surrounded by gold rings, so it is named Golden Ring Snake.

Its oval head, round eyes, and black eyeshadow add a touch of mystery to it. Looking forward, it hides the highly poisonous anterior groove teeth buried in its mouth, which is its most lethal part.

The golden ring snake is very recognizable in appearance and very poisonous, but it generally does not actively attack humans, which depends on its living habits.

2. Living habits

1. Activities: It is a nocturnal animal and tends to go to the bottom of trees, rock crevices, haystacks and bushes during the day rest. When resting, its body is coiled together and its head is buried under its belly, and it will not move until sunset.

2. Diet: It likes to eat some small lizards, frogs and rodents, and occasionally goes to shallow waters to catch some fresh small fish. If it encounters other snakes or snake eggs, they sometimes also eat. But anyway, they have no interest in humans.

3. Personality: They are only aggressive towards their prey, but in the face of human beings, they will not take the initiative to provoke them, and generally bypass them. They will fight back unless the safety of themselves or their nest is threatened.

In short, the golden ring snake usually hides from humans, but it can't escape people's capture, after all, its value is too high!

III. Species value

Edible value: Golden krait once became a classic dish and often appeared on people's dining table. Its main purpose;

research value: their venom is very valuable for research;

medical value: their snake body is used by some people to make medicinal wine, and snake gallbladder also has medicinal value .

It is these values that have led to the large number of kraits being hunted for a long time, and not only for domestic sales, but also for an astonishing amount of export, so the population has plummeted.

So are people taking protective measures against this?

IV. Population Status

Nowadays, the golden ring snake is one of the endangered animals in my country, and it is listed as a national protected animal, and its population is also got stabilized. With the growth of the population, they can be seen in many areas of southern my country, and even occasionally appear in people's homes.

Friendly reminder: If you encounter a golden ring snake in the house, don't take the initiative to attack, let alone catch it, eat it, and sell it. The safest way is to find the police uncle, who will help catch and release it.

Okay, that's it for the Golden Ring Snake. It is said that someone mistakenly regarded it as a speed bump and stepped on it... (please make up your own mind for the consequences), so everyone should be more careful~